Sleeve shortener



Aug. 31, 1943. L. GOLDBERG 2,328,137

7 SLEEVE SVHORTENER Filed June 26, 1941 INVENTOR. 450A! GOLDBERG BY zwww sleeve with the cuff in the normal position v Patented Aug. 31, 1943 Application June 26, 1941, Serial No. 399,822 (01. 2-269) 1 Claim.

This invention relates to garments and refers more particularly to an improved device associated with a garment sleeve for permitting of the shortening of a sleeve and the locking and retention of the same in a shortened condition;

It is a common expedientto roll back the I cuffs, use elastic arm bands or employ other similar makeshift means to shorten shirt sleeves when a person is atwork, but such methods are usually objectionable or inefficient. It is,'therefore, the object of the present invention to incorporate in the sleeve structure adjacent the cufif, asimple and effective device by means of .which the operation of shortening the sleeve and locking thesame in a shortened condition may be accomplished with ease and facility and without the necessity of unbuttoning the cuffs or unduly marringthe freshly laundered appearanceof the I .sleeve and cuff.

As a further feature,the invention compre- "hends a sleeve shortening device of the indicated character which maybe economically produced and incorporated in the sleeve structure without requiring alteration to the garment or appreciably increasing the cost of manufacture.

1 With the above enumerated and other objects in view, the invention is set forth in greater detail in the following specification andillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a shirt with reference to the wearers hand.

Fig, 2 is a similar view illustrating the sleeve in shortened locked condition by the shortening device. a

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view on the line 33 of Fig. 1 showing the sleeve in its normal position.

i Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2 showing condition.

the sleeve in its locked shortened cuff and locks-and retains the sleeve in its shortened condition against accidental or uninten Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken approximately on the line 55 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing by characters of reference, I0 designates the shirt sleeve and II the cuff which is normally disposed as shown in Figs. 1 and 3 in covering relation to the wrist of the wearer.

The device for shortening the sleeve and locking and retaining the cuff in a retracted relationas shown in Figs. 2 and 4 of the drawing,

consists. of a substantially rigid strip I201 any suitable material which is associated with the sleeve and extends upwardly from the juncture of the sleeve In with the cuff II. The strip [2 is preferably secured permanently within the sleeve so that it is covered and concealed thereby and as herein illustrated, the'strip is enclosed'in a box pleat l3. which extends longitudinally upward from the'juncture of the sleeve with the cuff H and which box pleat is retained in box formation by stitching ald extending upwardly an appreciable distance beyond the length ithe strip [2,

The strip-maybe adhesively secured in place.

or otherwise permanently secured and it is also to be understood that the strip may, if desired,

beremovably associated and releasably retained.

in place so that it may be separated from the shirt when the same is being laundered.

In use and operation, when the wearer desires to shorten the: sleeve so as to raise the cuff from 1 the wrist' covering position shown in Fig. 1 to the retracted position shown in Fig. 2, the portion of the sleeve adjacent the cuff is folded inwardlyand downwardly under the cuff topro- V duce an annular return bend l5 thereby dispos-' ing thestrip l2 between the return bend l5 and the cuff II so that the said strip underlies the tional downward movement. Due to the flexibility of the sleeve-material and cuff and the loosenessof the cuff when in wrist covering position, it is possible to swing the stiffening strip l2 to the reversely directed position shown in Figs. 2 and 4. After the sleeveis shortened and the cuff is retracted upwardly, the portion of the wearer's arm above the wrist being larger positively precludes any possibility l-Qf accidental downward movement of the cuff.

What is claimed is:

A sleeve shortening device including a relatively rigid elongated strip secured to anclqlocated medially of the width of the sleeve with the lesser dimension of the strip of appreciably 1 smaller width than the width of'the sleeve and with its greater dimension extending longitudinally of the sleeve and upwardly from the J'uncture of the cuff therewith for locking the lower portion of the sleeve in an upwardly retracted folded relation with the cuff surrounding the ,followed lower portion of the sleeve. LEON GOLDBERG.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION--; Patent No; 2,528,157. August 51, 1911.5.

LEON GOLDBERG.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specification of the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 1, second column, line 51, for "followed" read -folded---; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Office.

signed and sealed this 19th day of October, 1915.

Henry Van Arsdale, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents. 

